title: Equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction.
abstract: Equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), also known as equine Cushing's syndrome, is a widely recognized disease of aged horses. Over the past two decades, the aged horse population has expanded significantly and in addition, client awareness of PPID has increased. As a result, there has been an increase in both diagnostic testing and treatment of the disease. This review focuses on the pathophysiology and clinical syndrome, as well as advances in diagnostic testing and treatment of PPID, with an emphasis on those findings that are new since the excellent comprehensive review by Schott in 2002.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Sciences, 264 McElroy Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. diannem@okstate.edu
authors.forename: Dianne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McFarlane
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D010479:Pergolide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D052716:Pituitary Gland, Intermediate / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D010479:Pergolide